European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Members will be offered generic applications to deploy Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) during the Olympics and the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), when audiences peak. Three ‘white label’ interactive applications will be provided free to participating EBU Members to customise generic content for entertainment, news or sport. The applications from EBU […]
BT will have to cut the prices it charges Internet providers and others who sell on services using its lines, Ofcom says. The regulator wants the cost for use of a broadband and phone line to fall from £91.50 (€109) per year to £87.41. The cost of using a broadband line only should also drop […]
Conviva, a video quality optimisation and analytics solution provider, has closed a $15 Million round of funding led by Time Warner Investments, the strategic investing arm of Time Warner. Conviva says it improves over one billion streams a month and provides solutions that guarantee a high quality viewing experience that ultimately results in longer viewing […]
InMobi, the independent mobile ad network, has released its Super Bowl XLVI Mobile Consumption Survey, revealing consumer interaction with mobile during the event. Nearly 40 per cent of respondents used mobile devices in response to TV ads and 45 per cent estimated that they would spend 30 minutes or more on their mobile devices during […]
Randy Pike has been named Vice President of Broadcast Engineering at Globecast Americas. Reporting to Chief Technology Officer Bart Palmer, Pike will oversee all of GlobeCast’s day-to-day technical operations in the Americas, ensuring high quality of service and expert maintenance of systems and equipment for the company’s broadcast clients. Pike will be based in Culver […]
The English Premier League and the importers of foreign STBs and cards are both claiming victory after the latest High Court ruling. After a High Court hearing this week, the League says it will take action against pubs for breach of copyright. But the importers say they are free to carry on their business. The […]
BT added 39,000 subscribers for its IPTV ‘BT Vision’ in the fourth quarter of 2011 – just a few hundred less than Sky in the same period – bringing the total to 679,000. Consumer ARPU was up 5 per cent to an annual £337 (€405) reflecting the increased take up of both broadband and BT […]
The Huffington Post is making its first move into TV, with a live online video channel described as a “never-ending talkshow”. Arianna Huffington announced that the HuffPost Streaming Network would launch in the summer and feature 12 hours of original programming for five days a week. Roy Sekoff, co-founder of the Huffington Post, described the […]
Australian regional pay-TV provider Austar is to seek court approval to postpone its Shareholder Meetings relating to the proposed acquisition of Austar by Foxtel to the end of March 2012. This will allow time for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to finalise its review of the transaction. Further details of the postponement will […]
BT has held successful trials of “FTTP on demand” in St Agnes, Cornwall. This solution allows additional fibre to be run on demand to a home or business in a Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC) enabled area, providing the customer with ultra-fast Fibre to the Premise (FTTP) broadband. Previously, FTTP speeds weren’t possible in FTTC […]